This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Listening to the rhetoric over the last few weeks, one could get the impression that LA County is being run by the racist cabal of Jim Crow, Bull Conner and George Wallace and the minority masses "will go legal" in the quest for racial justice.

But in reality, everyone has a little racial consciousness within their inner persona that sometimes reigns over the judging of character in the selection of their political leaders, as witness with today's proceedings (This blogger voted for Villar over Hahn in 2005, thus guilty as stated ). And lurking to take advantage of those members of the voting public are the likes of City Council President Eric Garcetti, who envisions himself being the leader someday (2013) of the nation's second largest municipal melting pot.

Garcetti, who's record of policy accomplishment is about as shallow as today's racial dialog at the Hall of Administration, did himself a disservice today by his calculated stance in support of an additional "Latino Supervisory District" within the county. We understand Garcetti's compelling tale of his Grandfather encounters with a racial past that all would repudiate, as being the basis for his stance today. But most Angelinos will also remember the tales of "overcoming the odds" by a "certain current officeholder" and how six years later, the faith they put in that person have been taxed to the limits, in heart and wallet.

Thus for once, as the redistricting debate continues on Temple Street, can we have political leaders who will stand at the podium and speak to an audience of Angelinos without the blinders of race that predicates their pursuit of future political gains .... and rest assure that our political community has mature to a level where character trumps race in the future selection of our leaders?

1 Comments:

ANOTHER GARBAGE VENDER FOR MAYOR! WE NEED NON-POLITIAN CANDIDATES TO TAKE THERE PLACE. WE ALSO MUST TARGET ALL THE UNIONS, SPECIAL INTERESTS GROUPS WITH NAMES THEY ARE A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM AND WHY THEY CAN RAISE $500,000 IN A FEW WEEKS. THE NAMES ON THERE SUPPORT LIST OUR VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE REST OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THESE PEOPLE DON'T GIVE SUPPORT FOR NO REASON THERE'S MONEY TO BE SHARED AND CAUSES TO BE APPROVED ALL AGAINST THE PUBLIC EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL GET THE BILL FOR IT. DON'T FALL FOR THERE HANDSHAKES AND SMILES THEY ARE IN LEAGUE WITH EVIL. THEY KNOW HOW TO USE YOU IF YOU LET THEM.